Milk-pail.



` J. A. CORNELL.

um APPLICATGS XED HARLZL 1908. A

Patented sept 15,1908.v

. i l i ,iosarii A. CORNELL, or YoUNGs, New ronir.

:rmx-rem To all whom it m ay con cern: y

Be it known that l, J osurn A. Comuni., a

'citizen of the United States, residing at ioungs, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain -iicw and useful .improvements in Milk-Poils,

of which the following is a speciificatiorf.. refcrence being had to the accompanying drewnigs.

My invention relates to improvements in milk pails; and its object is to provide one which wiil bc simple, dirt proof and capable of being easily cleaned.

Vv'ith the above' and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention consists of the novel features of construction and the coi'nbination and arrangement of partsY hereinafter -fully described and claimed, and

- illustrated iii the accompanying drawings, in 2o which Figure i is a perspective viewiof in): iin-- proved milking pail; Fig.' 2 is a vertical sectional view; Fig. 3 is 'a plan view of the removable strainer or top; and Fig. 4 is a vertical Section through a slightly modified form of my improved cover.

My improved milking pail comprises a body or receptacle 1 having its open top iliheight than the front of the pail cline lnpwardly from its front side 2 to its rear side 3 so that the latter is of greater This inclincd or angular top is adapted t'o receive a.

removable combined cover and strainer 4 composed of an annular ring covered mth wireA oauze 5 or an other suitable strnininvb D material and having al depending annular flange 6 to snu ly iit in the open top o the pail or receptac e 1. A n annular outwardly projecting flange or bead 7 is formed upon the ring 4 at the. top of the flange 6 to rest upon the upper odge of the pail and supporrthe cover or strainer. The ring 4 has its tcp in- -clined upwardly from its front 8 to its rear side 9 so that said ring is of gradually increasimg width from its front to its rear. The

straining material or fabric 5 is soldered or otherwise secured to an inwardlyfextending' annular flange l() provided within the 4, and said fiangc 1U is formcdat the front side of the ring with a broad portion 1l adapted to form within the cover o r strainer e. pocket for the collection of dirt.

ln usingthc invention, the cover orstreiner is placed in the top oi thc receptacle or pail boilv with the high rea-r portion 9 of the ring at the i'igh rear poi-tion 3 of the rece-penale Specification ci Lettere aterit. Appiimion iiiefi niet 2i, reos. sern Nu. 4.2.2,979.

" vParanoid s ept. 15,1908.

' and in milking a cow the rear or back portion of' the pail is disposed toward the operator. The. milk is milkcd directly onto thestraine'r 5 and will pass throu h the seme without 60 il spattering or waste. t will be seen that when the cver or strainer is placed upon the pail in this manner, the woven wire fabric or gauze 5 will effectively prevent the entranceof dirt into the pail and owing to the downi ward and forward'inclination of the fabric or geur/i, any particles of dirt falling upon the' same will roll down' to the front edge of the cover and into the pocket ormed bythe flange orplate 11, thus eiectively preventing 7o `dirt from entering the milkand dissolving therein. It will be noted that thedevice is exceedingly simple in constructionsothezt'it may be produced at a comparatively small" costand may be uicklyfand easily cleaned'. 75 The provision of t e strainer in the top not only renders tlic 'pail dirt proof but also serves to strain the milk as it enters the .pail

' so that it need not be subsequently strained. The pail is preerably provided with a bail 8o handle 12 connected to ears 13.upon opposite sides of the pail.

in Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown the upright ring 9 of less diameter than the cover, 'the latter consisting of the flange 6, v35

the bead or flange 7 and the flange 1Q*s which c is in the form oi a disk or plate having its portion within the ring 9 formed with an opening covered by thestrainin material or fabric 5*. The portion of the ange or disk 10a lo- 99 cated at the lower port of the cover. is also solid as shown at 11* to provide a dirt collecting pocket.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I inap-make the cover to `fit a ail of any size 9 6 an may have a strainer an guard ring of f tlie saine or less sir/ than the cover.- Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. A milk pail comprising a receptacle liaving the edge of its o )en top disposed in a plancinclined upward y froiniijont to rear, a

removable cover upon the top of the pailfand 'comprising a ring of increasing width or height from front to rear, a depending an- 1.0'5

nular llange to `enter the pail, an outwardly projecting annular shoulder to rest upon the uppercdge of the pail, the inwardly extending annular lange l() arranged within the cover ring in a downwardly and forwardly 1i- 11h clined plane and having the-enlarged iortioii l1- atits lowerinost or front side, en a ilat strainer securd 'to' the frange 10 to cover the opening Within the same, substantially s and for the urposes speced.

2. A mill'pail cover comprising nn upstanding ringv of gradnally increasing width or 11e-ight from front to rear, a depending annular fla-nge to enter the 1pail, an uut-wnrdlv.

project-in annular der between 'said ring and ange and nl az-ed to rest upon the upper edge o? the ail, ik@ annular flange l0 arranged within t 1e rlng in a. dmvmvardly anrforwmdly inclined plane sind lhaving the enlarged portmn l1 nt lts lowermost punit, i and n flat strainer secured to the llange, sulstanfinlly :1s und for the purposes speeiled.

In test-unruly whereof I hereunto nlllx my signature 1n the presence of two wltnesws.

JOSEPH A. CORNELL; 

